How Benghazi unfolded: A disinformation campaign the KGB could envy

World Tribune ^ | May 2, 2014 | Mona Charen

[opentalk]

The Ben Rhodes memo revealing the duplicity of this administration on the subject of Benghazi reminds us about the character of those involved. That President Barack Obama could lie so evenly and so passionately (remember the second presidential debate?) is not perhaps surprising at this stage. But let’s not forget what it took for Hillary Clinton to lie to the grieving father of an American hero.

...The brazenness and scope of the disinformation would make any KGB colonel sigh with admiration. At 10:32 on the night of the attack, Clinton issued a statement deploring violence in response to “inflammatory material posted on the Internet.” In the days that followed, the president and his spokesman repeatedly invoked the supposedly offensive video as the cause of the attack.

The president and secretary of state even filmed commercials to play in Muslim countries denouncing the video while also upholding America’s tradition of religious and political freedom. “We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others,” said the president. “But there is absolutely no justification to this type of senseless violence."

...Not even the flag-draped coffins spread before Clinton could shake her iron determination to stick with the script.

She told Woods they would catch the guy who made the Internet film and make sure he was punished

[MeshugeMikey]

my how this has come to HAUNT the poor SAPETTE!!

[Ouchthatonehurt]

[NTHockey]

Start concentrating on the James McCords and Jeb Macgruders of this regime. Get them to roll over on the higher-ups.

[TomGuy]

from FactCheck.org: Benghazi Timeline
posted October 26, 2013|updated May 16, 2013

[Times appear to be Washington EDT, which is 6 hours behind Benghazi time.]

6:07 p.m [Tuesday].: The State Department’s Operations Center sends an email to the White House, Pentagon, FBI and other government agencies that said Ansar al-Sharia has claimed credit for the attack on its Facebook and Twitter accounts. (The existence of the email was not disclosed until Reuters reported it on Oct. 24.)

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About 10:00 p.m. [Tuesday]: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issues a statement confirming that one State official was killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Her statement, which MSNBC posted at 10:32 p.m., made reference to the anti-Muslim video.

Clinton: Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind.

Sometime between 10 pm EDT and the next day, the 'movie' excuse evolved.

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Sept. 13 [Thursday]: CNN reports that unnamed “State Department officials” say the incident in Benghazi was a “clearly planned military-type attack” unrelated to the anti-Muslim movie.

CNN: “It was not an innocent mob,” one senior official said. “The video or 9/11 made a handy excuse and could be fortuitous from their perspective but this was a clearly planned military-type attack.”

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The back-and-forth editing of the 'official' talkingpoints took place during the days leading up to Rice's appearances on the Sunday talks shows [September 16]. Obama was still using the movie excuse in his UN speech, September 25, 2012.

They knew it was a lie from the first mention of it.

[edpc]

The talking points may crack the dam, but the important questions are:

What was the purpose of Stevens' mission there?
Where was the president during the height of the crisis?
Who gave the 'stand down' order?

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[Steely Tom]

They knew it was a lie from the first mention of it.

Obama knew "if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor, period" was a lie from the git-go too, but he kept repeating it for months.

[Uncle Miltie]

[MeshugeMikey]

Weve been all too patient waiting for those in positions of irresponsibility..to be held accountable on this one...

[Gumdrop]

Nothing to worry about - the Democrats have it all under control. The Republicans altered some of those recent emails, dontcha know?

[Vaduz]

KGB = MSM

[blueunicorn6]

Obama sent Rice out to lie to the citizens of The United States. He did this for political purposes. Is this not an impeachable offense? One government employee using another government employee for political purposes?